Tuesday, May 05, 2026
Monday, May 04, 2026
British Airways is recruiting “taxi crew” pilots at Chicago O'Hare @ $100,000 per year to move aircraft on the ground, as part of the airline’s efficiency drive to reduce delays and improve turnaround times at one of its busiest North American hubs.
By introducing dedicated taxi pilots, British Airways is attempting to streamline aircraft movements between gates and runways.
The move reflects a wider industry push toward operational specialization and improved on-time performance.
They will not be involved in takeoff or landing phases, which remain the responsibility of flight crews, potentially luring back retired pilots who are willing to live in Chicago
Sunday, May 03, 2026
Western Union had a timekeepers railcar to maintain the massive telegraph infrastructure that ran along railroad tracks. Starting around 1914, Western Union established specialized cars, often converted from old Pullman coaches, to serve as foreman/bunk and kitchen/dining cars for their crews.
In 1877 Western Union first received time signals via telegraph form the US. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. after hiring a clockmaker to transmit U.S. Naval Observatory time on the hour over the company’s network.
A system sent signals over the telegraph lines several minutes before each hour of the day, followed by a pause and finally a last “click” directly on the hour. Every hour, on the hour, minute hands on clocks across the nation would snap to “12”, ensuring accurate, standardized time everywhere.
Stations clocks received that signal from the railroad head quarters from the master telegraph clock, keeping station clocks on calibrated time for each time zone.
The station manager would make adjustments to the other clocks and watches as needed and document the adjustments. The traveling time piece keeper stopped to maintain the clocks to keep them oiled and running perfectly, and serviced railroad employee pocket watches as well.
Yard masters and station masters collected broken watches and got them fixed or exchanged when the Western Union timekeepers car stopped.
The station manager would make adjustments to the other clocks and watches as needed and document the adjustments. The traveling time piece keeper stopped to maintain the clocks to keep them oiled and running perfectly, and serviced railroad employee pocket watches as well.
Yard masters and station masters collected broken watches and got them fixed or exchanged when the Western Union timekeepers car stopped.
for those of us that grew up watching OLD movies, Maureen O'Hara was a familiar star. Famous for starring in 5 John Wayne movies, and 2 Jimmy Stewart movies, and being an Irish BEAUTY, but I just learned she married a retired USAF general (similar to Jimmy Stewart) who had a very smart business, flying amphibs between the Virgin Islands
She married Charles Blair (I've never heard of him before) who had this seaplane airline, and she helped run the airline business in Saint Croix, and edited a magazine, but later sold them to spend more time in Glengarriff in Ireland.
Thanks Doug!
The original Lupin the 3rd anime series (Part I) first aired in Japan on October 24, 1971, and ran until March 26, 1972. Like Tin Tin, it's loaded with cool vehicles
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This is the actual opening credit sequence... how can this not be admired?! Mercedes-Benz SSK (W06, 1928-1932 thank you CoSC!)
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and the 1st scene in the first episode, is a Gran Prix
according to the cartoon, it's a Ferrari 312 (312 = 3 liters, 12 cylinders)
The character Fujiko that is either Lupin's girlfriend, or double agent spy, drives an Alpine in episode 1
and the bad guy in episode 2 drives a Messerschmitt
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